Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
The Computer Laboratory has been housed in the William Gates Building in West Cambridge since August 2001.
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Former names
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Mathematical Laboratory |
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| Established | 14 May 1937 |
| Head of Department | Andy Hopper |
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Academic staff
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35 |
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Administrative staff
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25 |
| Postgraduates | 155 |
| Location |
William Gates Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom 52°12′39″N 0°05′31″E / 52.210925°N 0.092022°ECoordinates: 52°12′39″N 0°05′31″E / 52.210925°N 0.092022°E |
The Computer Laboratory is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007, it employs 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students. The current head of department is Professor Andy Hopper.
The Computer Laboratory built and operated the world’s first fully operational practical stored program computer (EDSAC, 1949) and offered the world’s first postgraduate taught course in computer science in 1953. It currently offers a 3-year undergraduate course and a 1-year masters course (with an optional natural language processing theme). Recent research has focused on virtualization, security, usability, formal verification, formal semantics of programming languages, computer architecture, natural language processing, wireless networking, biometric identification, routing, positioning systems and sustainability (“Computing for the future of the planet”). Members of the Computer Laboratory have been involved in the creation of many successful UK IT companies such as Acorn, ARM, nCipher and XenSource.
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